Shez Partovi to succeed Jeroen Tas as Philips’ Chief Innovation & Strategy Officer
March 02 2021 - 3:00AM
Shez Partovi to succeed Jeroen Tas as Philips’ Chief Innovation
& Strategy Officer
March 2, 2021
Amsterdam, the Netherlands – Royal Philips
(NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today
announced that Shez Partovi will join Philips’ Executive Committee,
effective from March 22, 2021, in order to succeed Jeroen Tas as
Chief Innovation & Strategy Officer, effective from July 1,
2021. Mr. Partovi will report directly to CEO Frans van Houten and
work closely with Mr. Tas to ensure a seamless transition.
Mr. Partovi (Canadian, 1967) joins Philips from Amazon Web
Services (AWS), where he served as Worldwide Head of Business
Development for Healthcare, Life Sciences and Medical Devices. In
that role, he was responsible for the global AWS go-to-market
strategy, charting the path for customer cloud transformation, and
the adoption of artificial intelligence and machine learning. Prior
to joining AWS in 2018, Mr. Partovi spent 20 years at Dignity
Health, the fifth largest health system in the U.S. He started his
career in 1998 as a neuroradiologist at the Barrow Neurological
Institute and was in clinical practice until 2013. In addition to
his medical training at McGill University in Montreal, he has
post-graduate qualifications in computer science. Mr. Partovi has a
passion for learning and teaching. He helped launch the Biomedical
Informatics Department at Arizona State University and taught there
as a clinical professor for three years.
Mr. Tas, who joined Philips in 2011 as Chief Information Officer
and became Chief Innovation & Strategy Officer in 2017, has
made a personal decision to assume a part-time position in Philips
focused on continuation of the company’s strategic business
development until the end of 2022. This will allow him to spend
more time on coaching digital business ventures.
Philips also today announced that Rob Cascella, currently
Strategic Business Development Leader and formerly in charge of
Philips’ Diagnosis & Treatment segment, will step down from the
Executive Committee as planned, effective from April 1,
2021, to begin the process of retiring from the company. Mr.
Cascella has agreed to act as a special advisor to
Philips’ strategic business development projects on a
part-time basis until the end of 2021.
“On behalf of Philips’ Executive Committee, I am very pleased to
welcome Shez Partovi as our new Chief Innovation & Strategy
Officer,” said Frans van Houten, CEO of Royal Philips. “Shez brings
deep healthcare and informatics experience to Philips, which will
be highly relevant as we accelerate the transition to becoming a
solutions leader, leveraging deep clinical insights and big data
analytics. I want to thank Jeroen and Rob for their very valuable
contributions to the transformation of our company. Jeroen played a
very important role in inspiring and executing our strategy for
digital health and healthcare informatics, while Rob has
contributed a wealth of experience and successfully shaped our
Diagnosis & Treatment segment.”
Additional information on Philips’ Executive Committee can be
found here.
For further information, please
contact:
Ben ZwirsPhilips Global Press OfficeTel.: +31 6 1521 3446E-mail:
ben.zwirs@philips.com
Derya GuzelPhilips Investor RelationsTel.: +31 20 59
77055E-mail: derya.guzel@philips.com
About Royal PhilipsRoyal Philips (NYSE: PHG,
AEX: PHIA) is a leading health technology company focused on
improving people's health and enabling better outcomes across the
health continuum from healthy living and prevention, to diagnosis,
treatment and home care. Philips leverages advanced technology and
deep clinical and consumer insights to deliver integrated
solutions. Headquartered in the Netherlands, the company is a
leader in diagnostic imaging, image-guided therapy, patient
monitoring and health informatics, as well as in consumer health
and home care. Philips generated 2020 sales of EUR 19.5 billion and
employs approximately 82,000 employees with sales and services in
more than 100 countries. News about Philips can be found at
www.philips.com/newscenter.
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